Note: Our website is divided into two sections: the Database where abstracts and transcriptions
of original records are posted. Some of these were previously published in the McClung Family
Association Journal. These are referenced by volume and page. Those since our last mailing
of volume 31 are listed as "New".
The other part of the website is for family listings. We have started with the McClung
Genealogy (1904) by Rev. William McClung and have attempted to correct errors and omisions.
In some cases whole lineages have been added. We are adding the family album pages. If you
have pictures to send, everyone would like to see them.
We are in the process of posting the transcriptions from the 1860 census of Arkansas. In
the notes section, we would like to post who these folks are. Please look over these. There
are people from Georgia who might be from the SC families. There are people from Kentucky
who might be from the PA/VA group or even the Greenbrier people. Write in if you can identify
them and we will add to the posting and to the family listings.
We are still working to find the connection of the Revolutionary War Soldier, John McClung,
to the Bellah family.
For researchers of Hiram McClung line. The Family Lineages section for Hiram McClung
currently says he was 1st married to Margaret Jones in Carroll Cty GA 14 Nov 1824 as
Reuben H McClung. A number of years ago I copied the following record from "Index to
Carroll Cty GA Marriages" by Fagg.
Even if the author or I copied the middle initial and year incorrectly, you would still
have the seemingly unlikely situation that Reuben McClung had a brother named Reuben
Hiram! I have some doubts about Margaret Jones being "our" Hiram's 1st wife. Can
anyone lend any clarity to this? [email protected]
(Has anyone seen the original document? Perhaps Reuben posted bond and they mixed up the names. JMc)
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We have also posted Robert's transcription of the Fagg index. It is at:
Marriages of Carroll County at the bottom. We have ordered
the microfilmed copy of the marriage records to try to get the correct spelling and
dates for these records as they are significant to our understanding of these families.
The marriage date for Reuben is unlikely to be 1824 as Carroll County wasn't even formed
until 1825. If it is 1844, then this Reuben is likely the son of Hiram and his first
wife. Reuben B McClung's son Reuben is in a different time frame.
From Bob Norris: I want to share two pieces of info with anyone interested in the
family of William Elias & Samuel McC who moved from Randolph Cty AL to north LA in 1870's.
The database entry for 1870 Randolph Cty AL census shows household of Sam & Lively
McClung with their children. The last person listed is shown as Rebecca ?, age 40,
housekeeper born in GA. When i read the census microfilm a number of years ago, I
recorded that entry as Rebecca Nix--which meant nothing to me at the time. Since we
have a Rebecca Nix as wife of John Jr, I wonder about the connection. Also, I guess
current thinking is that Alcy Nix was Sam's (and Wil E's) stepmother. Any thoughts,
anyone. Also, Hiram & Alcy are the adjacent entry in the census.
It is well established that Wil E and Samuel settled near Weldon community in north LA.
I have never heard mention of any others but their children going with them. However, a
few years back, I visited the Hebron Cemetary which is near Weldon community in LA.and
found the following 2 headstones:
This Mahalia matches exactly in age the Mahale , age 17, shown in household of Hiram &
Alcy McClung in 1860 Randolph Cty AL census. Also, is probably same person as Mahala,
age shown as 13 but probably wrong, in the household of Wil E in the 1850 Carroll Cty
GA census. My thought is that Wil E & samuel's sister came to LA with her brothers
and her family.
Next question would be whether her husband David J Williamson was related to Polly
Williamson, wife of Rueben McClung.
I would like to solicit comments or discussion with anyone searching this line.
[email protected]
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Robert Norris has updated the 1850 Census of Carroll County,
GA. It appears that William F. McClung family was omitted from the indexing. This
William was born in Georgia ca 1813. Since he named his sons: George, Andrew, and Richard,
we are wondering if this is from the GEORGE line? We have never seen any indication that
there was a William in this family. However the probate record did not name children.
Comments welcomed, please.
Piecing together people from census records is difficult. The censuses before 1850 do
not give the names of the children, only the time periods. The names we are missing
are a son of Reuben b. 1815-20; John Jr.'s eldest son b. ca 1822; William Wiley's eldest
son b. 1830-35; Hiram had a child b. ca 1830 and another after 1860. It is interesting
that Reuben named his eldest son, Jonas. Was this for his brother? - or were both of
them named for an uncle? We do not know where they found the name Jonas but it is often
repeated in these families.
Now here is something that we need to look for. We do not know the names of Richard's
children except for a Benjamin Franklin. This is a line that has not had much work.
It is entirely possible that the William F. family belongs to Richard. We notice that
the last son is named Rich - short for Richard. Richard would have been 22 when William
F. was born.
Some of the Georgia descendants turn in up Arkansas by 1860. You will find some of them
in the recent transcriptions of this Census.
Harry McClung has donated a picture of Henry and Nina McClung, in #192, Capt. Samuel McClung
Harry McClung has donated Capt. Alpheus Paris McClung's (McClung Genealogy Page 147,
G0168) parole document
from the Civil War. The second is a battle memo written by
Alpheus about the death of a mare during battle in Hood County.
Harry has donated a copy of the marriage 2) Robert McCutcheon
and Abigail McClung, daughter of Cranberry Joe in Greenbrier File #171 and the
marriage record of Jane McClung who
married Michael Bright in file #145, page 147; and the Abigail McClung marriage to
Thomas Cook in file #174.
The Bath County,Virginia family are descendants of John who married Sarah McCutcheon.
Most descendants stayed in Bath Co. for quite a while. We have posted the 1860
Census of Bath Co. with a few connections.
We have added the 1850 Census of Ohio that H. Juhling McClung submitted eight years ago.
There are folks there from all over but most are from the PA/VA lines. Check: Census
He also contributed the 1840 and 1860 which we will be adding shortly.
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Bill Davenport has found this record in an internet search in Pennsylvania:
Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever (all 1,429 marriages)
1763 09 01 : Kearsen, Elisabeth (Paxtang) to McLung, Robert
Note: The Paxtang might be a Paxton. We have no record of a Robert in the second
generation of the PA families. The Roberts from Maryland seemed to have moved to
PA about forty years later. Can anyone identify this Robert McClung?
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In a letter from A. Bingham Seibold, who is working on genealogy for a McClung:
You may want to note that CPT James White and his son-in-law, Charles McClung, were
Revolutionary War veterans. Charles is listed as a private in the PA militia. Descendants
of both men, therefore, are eligible for the SAR & DAR. The most immediate reference is the
DAR Patriotic Index--Centennial edition, pages 3182 and 1944 respectively. I'll be
happy to assist anyone of your clan who is interested in pursuing this objective.
Thanks again.
Regards, Bing Seibold
[email protected]
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By comparing our family listings with the 1850 Census of Ohio and the 1880, we have
been able to update most of our PA/VA files. Many of these families moved to Ohio,
Indiana and points westward. We have also made corrections of typos and found that
Alexander Waugh McClung had been left out and his children given to his father. Please
help us root out errors. There are undoubtedly others.
We are finding a number of families in these censuses that we cannot ascribe to our
records. Please read through these and see if you find your family. If their family
record is not updated, please advise. You know these families the best. Do not leave
it up to your editor to find them all. Thanks.
The Pennsylvania Archives is being transcribed and posted. So
far we just have the fifth series and the sixth series which mostly deal with the Revolutionary
War service records and a few from the War of 1812. Hopefully the Second Series will give
us more than war records.
We think that the ones spelled with McClun variation is just a misspelling for McClung.
In those days they spelled phonetically and they didn't hear the "g". There were
some families who dropped the "g" but they were Quakers and would not have been serving
in any military.
A review of the Journals published in the past reveals some updates to these files that need
to be added as well as several very important probate records of the earliest McClungs. You
will be seeing these in the next newsletter. Some of the early relationships are clarified.
Several Maryland families moved to Ohio. Please check the 1850 Check: Census
of Ohio to update your families. If you find your family there, please send in the
update.
The file of Thomas has been updated, adding Isaac's information
at the end of that file.
Doris A. Guy has updated the Robert File:
8-3 MARY McCLUNG
MDXXX
The eighth child of Robert and Mary McClung. This is very likely Mary who was married
to John Gorsuch 18 Oct 1791. The Clark Family Bible has Mary's death as 28 Jan 1861.
She was living with her son, Thomas Gorsuch, in Franklin Twp, Jackson Co., OH in the 1850
census and she was 77 years old. She was living in Salisbury Twp. Meigs Co., OH in
the 1860 census with her son, John Gorsuch, Jr. and she was 87 years old, so that would make
her born about 1773. Both censuses give Maryland as her state of birth. Mordecia McClung
was living next door to Thomas Gorsuch in the 1840 census of Jackson Co., OH. He was
their nephew and the best circumstantial evidence to place this couple here. (Researcher,
Doris A. Guy).
Does anyone know if this Robert McClung left a will or probate records where we might
confirm the Gorsuch name as descendants?
ROBERT McCLUNG:
Robert McClung b. 9 Oct 1830 at Wallace, Duplin co., NC; died 1 Dec 1903 - same place
Married:
Mary Jane Savage b. 7 Jan 1831 to Michael and Ruth Knowles Savage at Wallace, Duplin, NC
she died 9 July 1901 at Wallace, Duplin, NC
C. R. McClung b.ca 1834 in AL. His wife, Mary Jane b. ca 1832 in NC. Then it lists their
children as Geo. W. born 1867 in NC; Robert H. b. 1868 NC; John b. 1870 NC; Arthur M. b.
1872 in NC; and Mary born ca 1875 in NC.
Can anyone help us with the parentage of this C. Robert so we can add this family info
to the listings?
We have updated the file of James McClung, adding some marriages and children.
These McClung families were living in the western part of SC and the eastern border of
Georgia. They were moving back and forth. Richard states that he was born in SC. That
was in 1791. The descendants of James that have been the easiest ones to track are
those who moved to Georgia about 1830s.
Some of your families turn up in the 1860 Census of Arkansas.
Sent in from Carol McLellan:
From the Archives of the Province of Manitoba, Canada
DETAILED DEATH INFORMATION
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1916-005161
DECEASED DETAILS Last Name: MCCLUNG; Given Names: JAMES ADAM Sex: M
Date of Death: 01/11/1916; PLACE OF DEATH DETAILS: Place of Death: WPG
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We have groups of people who are having difficulty finding how they connect to the McClung
Family Tree. These are folks who were left out of the 1904 Genealogy. We have connected
several groups on this website but some still need work. We will be presenting them here
in hope that some of our readers/researchers can help with connections.
| NAME | AGE / GENDER | B.Place | Occupation | real est/pers.prop. | Dwelling # | Notes |
| J. W. McClung | 37 M | Georgia | Farmer | _/250 | 197 / 192 | - |
| Mary " | 32 F | Georgia | - | |||
| J. A. " | 12 M | Georgia | - | |||
| J. C. " | 9 M | Georgia | ||||
| M. E. " | 6 F | Georgia | ||||
| N. J. " | 6/12 F | Ark |
He may not have been born in Georgia at all. Sometimes the census takers made mistakes
and filled in the place of birth later and just remembered the wife's response. Who
could this person be? They were in Georgia in 1850 but that census index does not reveal
their presence. Any ideas out there?
Carol Walsh writes: my great-grandfather was Frederic(k) Carrington Agassiz, an English
naval man who was known to have been in the United States (New Mexico) I think around
the 1860's. I have reason to believe that he was married and widowed some time during
that period, and may have left two children behind to be raised, possibly by nuns. We
have never been able to verify this story. Some time later, he emigrated to New
Zealand, married my great-grandmother, and raised a family of 10 children. My maiden
name was Agassiz, quite unusual in this part of the world, and it seemed there may be
more to this than meets the eye, as Frederic(k)s run in the family. My father was also
Frederic Agassiz. If there is any more you can tell me, I would love to hear from you.
[email protected]
NOTE: the Frederick Agassiz McClung (McC Gen p.75) was grandson of William McClung who
md Elizabeth Salisbury and moved to Putnam Co. IL. They are in the PA group.
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Beating your head against a brick wall? Have you looked for spelling variations on the
name McCLUNG ? Bill Davenport has donated a search using the other spellings of our
name. You can see it at Variations. If you can't find your
ancestor, perhaps you will find him/her in this listing. Very interesting!!
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 1 August 2003
Last updated 31 Aug 2003
Last updated by Judith McClung
